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Pub Date Sep 15 2026 | Archive Date Oct 10 2026

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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There's something in the water in Lebanon, Kansas.

Zeb Stout is an eccentric rancher with a sick wife and a field of junkyard sculptures. As hope fades, a whirlpool appears in the pasture, offering a choice he never imagined.

Consequences ripple through Lebanon. Calves wander down Main Street. Rumors spread of impossible recoveries. Neighbors vanish. Soon the entire town is drawn to Stout Ranch, desperate to drink, to heal, to be young.

The Whirlpool of Lebanon is a surreal and darkly comic novel about love, longing, and the terrible beauty of second chances. This is what happens when a miracle arrives—and refuses to leave.

There's something in the water in Lebanon, Kansas.

Zeb Stout is an eccentric rancher with a sick wife and a field of junkyard sculptures. As hope fades, a whirlpool appears in the pasture, offering a...

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A Note From the Publisher

Will Pass is the author of The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, a dark comedy about interspecies friendships and the wild contradictions of domesticated life. It was named among the 2025 Southwest Books of the Year.

Will hosts Who Reads Books Anymore?, a popular social media video series in which he asks strangers about their reading lives (@willpassbooks).

Raised in Kansas, he now lives in Colorado with his family.

Will Pass is the author of The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, a dark comedy about interspecies friendships and the wild contradictions of domesticated life. It was named among the 2025...

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EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9798989180547
PRICE $9.99 (USD)
PAGES 276

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